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Hong Kong lawmaker Regina Ip speaks in the Legislative Council chamber ahead of a decision on whether to grant limited rights to same-sex couples in Hong Kong on September 10, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Hong Kong rejects same-sex partnership bill despite mounting calls for reform

This September 10, 2025 handout image released by the Polish Prime Minister’s office shows General Wieslaw Kukula (C),Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces attending an emergency meeting in Warsaw after Russian drones violated Polish airspace. — AFP pic/Polish Prime Minister’s Office handout
World / 10 Sep 2025

Nato vows to defend ‘every kilometre’ after drones enter Polish airspace

Fire rages through the Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025, a day after a police crackdown on demonstrations over social media prohibitions and corruption by the government. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Jobless, frustrated, fed up: Nepalis at the brink

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon insisted the strike was ‘not against Qatar’ but the Hamas, adding that his country doesn’t ‘always act in the interests of the United States’ after US President Donald Trump said he was unaware of the attack against his Middle Eastern ally. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Israel defends Qatar strike as targeting Hamas amid Trump rebuke and global outcry

Malaysian Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Mohd Nizam Jaffar (left) and Philipines Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr shake hands after a press conference at the 22nd Asean Chiefs of Defence Forces Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on September 10, 2025. — Bernama pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

From cyber scams to floods: Asean militaries join forces

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives with his daughter Thailand’s sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (right) at the Supreme Court in Bangkok September 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin begins first full day behind bars after Supreme Court ruling

A Nepali army soldier walks in front of the Parliament house which was set on fire by the protesters, following Monday’s killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests that were triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, September 10, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Soldiers guard Nepal’s parliament after two days of deadly protests

Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks after Israeli strikes in Doha on September 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Attacked by Israel, Qatar insists it won’t abandon Gaza ceasefire role

Australia has approved a vaccine for koalas that contract chlamydia, an STD that accounts for nearly half of all deaths in the feral marsupials. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

No more itchy business: Australia greenlights chlamydia jab for koalas to save the species

China is working to unify its diverse ethnic population under a single national identity through the use of Mandarin. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

One nation, one language? Beijing steps up Mandarin drive to cement ethnic unity

Sri Mulyani Indrawati (centre) sends a goodbye kiss to Finance Ministry staff after the handover ceremony to her successor Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Call from palace, gone in an hour: Indonesian finance czar Sri Mulyani’s abrupt exit from Prabowo’s Cabinet

The KRI Brawijaya-320, bought at a cost of US$1.25 billion from Italian ship builder Fincantieri, docks in Jakarta on September 9, 2025. — Picture from X/Fincantieri
World / 10 Sep 2025

Indonesia’s naval might grows with South-east Asia’s largest multi-role warship

Floods across Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province have turned deadly and displaced dozens of villagers as well as damaged properties. — Picture from X/Abdul Muhari
World / 10 Sep 2025

Three dead, five missing after flash floods hit East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia (VIDEO)

An image of US President Donald Trump (right) and Jeffrey Epstein, along with the words “President Trump: Release All the Epstein Files”, is projected onto the US Department of Commerce headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Trump denies writing lewd Epstein birthday note, calls it ‘nonsense’

Donald Trump (centre) rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s surprise attack on Qatar, a US ally in the Middle East. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Trump distances himself from Israel attack on Doha, but calls eliminating Hamas a ‘worthy goal’

Hong Kong’s government proposed legislation this summer to recognise some rights for same-sex partners such as visiting a partner in hospital or claiming their body after death, but only for those whose unions are registered abroad. — Freepik pic
World / 10 Sep 2025

Hong Kong lawmakers to vote on limited rights for same-sex couples amid pushback from  pro-Beijing bloc